The Wolves

1.

The haymakers were once cutting hay in the meadow. Then someone said of them: "If only I had a lamb! I long for such a thing roast". The other laughed. But the former quickly went into the log pile back and disappeared at the edge of the forest. Because he hasn't for a long time heard, the remaining workers went to look for him. I will behind the pile of boards they found his cap and clothes exactly near a stump, the root of which was on the ground, so that it showed forming a small gate. For the oldest worker, the so-called to the foreman, it suddenly dawned on him; he took a strong calico and hid behind that tree. After a while a great wolf came running, who carried a lamb that had just been killed. First it stung the lamb through the root gate underground and then intended to crawl out of the ice itself -- but -- splash! -- the foreman's block flew onto the hissing wolf's tail, so that it separated from the body. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a wolf again as that worker who was caught and transported by others home despite fierce opposition. The wolf's tail had disappeared the next day from that place, but the workman never again robbed the sheep.


2.

A peasant who had just married sent his wife to the field. When the young man returned, he brought a slaughtered sheep when he came. "Eat," he said to her husband, "I want to sleep for a while!" This happened to several once, so that the peasant became suspicious and decided to keep him with an eye.

Said and done. When the wife once again had to go to the field, she crept the man carefully followed him and saw that he was crawling into a large shed under. From there he came in the form of a wolf and hurried away. Peasant was horrified, checked the bottom of the shed, found there his wife's clothes and hid them.

After some time, the wolf came back with the sheep in his claws and crawled into the shed again under. But since his clothes were gone, he couldn't no more turning into a human. Moaning and whining, it left the yard and disappeared forever to the nearby forest.


3.

Once upon a time, a poor but fearless youth rode through the forest. There wolves howled here. In his powerlessness, he began to imitate them and howled louder and louder. But his horse was old and got forward only very slowly, in the meantime it was tempting he howls the wolves closer and closer. Now it's not fun anymore it seemed. Then he saw a fire in a small clearing, jumped off his horse and went to the spot. There he was sitting on a stool a venerable handsome old man, surrounded by wolves. These wanted greedily pounced on the one who answered, but was restrained by the old man's gesture them in place. "Why are you nagging my wolf?" asked the old man. “This once you'll forgive it, but in the future beware! Bind now your horse to that fir tree, but you yourself sit beside me by the fire round. Nothing bad will happen to you."

The peasant did as he was told and fell asleep immediately. The next morning the old man and his wolves were gone; but instead of rovio there was a heap of gold, and the youth's old feeble horse had become young, into a strong horse.